The rent was owed by Plungington Community Centre, Windrush Initiatives CIC,m and Pukar but has been waived to enable their survival
Preston City Council has effectively waived a total of £28,000 rent owed by three community groups in order to ensure that they can continue to do their work.
The trio – which all operate from city council-owned buildings – had each approached the authority to seek help with their running costs. A cabinet report described the groups as “valued organisations delivering critical work” within some of the city’s most needy communities.The authority says that it will now work with the three beneficiaries to develop business plans to help them become financially sustainable and make sure that they can afford their rent in future years.
Cabinet member for communities and social justice Nweeda Khan told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “These are one-off contributions to help support the groups delivering essential services to some of the most deprived and disadvantaged communities in the city. Offsetting the rental contributions removes a huge burden, enabling critical support services to continue.
The authority says that it is also currently developing a “more joined up, strategic approach” to managing its relationship with the community organisations that form part of its estate.
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